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Play-by-play announcer Matt Devlin got into what looked like a heated confrontation with rapper Wale during the broadcast of Tuesday night’s Raptors-Wizards game after he dismissed him by saying “he’s not Drake.”

Wale, a Grammy nominated rapper, had been heckling his friend, Toronto’s Rudy Gay, from his courtside seat. When he got word about what Devlin said, he went up to the Raptors broadcast booth and confronted him. It ended with laughs all around, and the two shaking hands.

Raptor spokesman Jim LaBumbard told the Star that Devlin feels terrible about the situation and that he was making fun of himself for not knowing pop culture.

“We’ve gotten in touch with Wale’s people and they’re getting in touch with Matt,” LaBumbard said. “They all seem fine. They all think it’s a misunderstanding.”

The Raptors have in fact floated the idea of having the artist join Devlin on the Raptors broadcast when the team returns to Washington at the end of March.

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